WASHINGTON (MCT) — Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., one of the few members of Congress willing to publicly discuss the politically unpopular issue of gun control, has done so again in the aftermath of the Aurora, Colo., movie theater shooting.

Congress convened for the first time since the shooting in the Denver suburb, with the Senate on Monday holding a moment of silence in remembrance of the victims. Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the GOP leader, read aloud the names of the 12 people, including a 6-year-old girl, who were killed.